Heavy January Draft Quota For Board One Warned
Local Draft Board One reports an extremely heavy January quota likely to summon many pre Pearl Harbor fathers for service. Board Two’s January quota runs slightly higher than this month but below Board One. Officials say Congress act does not stop fathers but prioritizes non fathers first, with few non fathers left and older numbers pressed into call. Employers urged to file proper deferment papers now to avoid screening tests and labor losses.
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Pearl Harbor
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Armed Services
Board One
Japs Finally Admit They Have Lost Tarawa
New York Dec 14 Tokyo radio indirectly acknowledged Tarawa loss in a broadcast noting Japanese planes attacked the American airbase there yesterday. The broadcast, captured by U S government monitors, marked the first admission that Tarawa in the Gilberts was no longer in Japanese hands.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Tarawa
U. S
Gilberts
Tokyo
Tydings Schedules Three Addresses in Maryland
Senator Tydings of Maryland will speak at a joint luncheon of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Rotary and Lions Clubs tomorrow. He will address a Chamber of Commerce meeting at Hagerstown tomorrow night and address the Howard County Farm Bureau at Clarksville on Thursday.
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Washington
Senator Tydings
Explosion kills one in Norfolk Navy Yard welding accident
An explosion aboard the uncompleted plane carrier Shangri La at the Norfolk Navy Yard killed one man and critically injured a second while two workers were welding. Navy officials reported the accident occurred today in the yard.
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Norfolk, Va
Shangri-La
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Yard
City Air Horn to Signal Fire Alarms Again
Frederick leaders from four volunteer fire companies and OCD director Alton Y Bennett approve using City Hall air horn for general fire alarms. Three ten second blasts at 30 second intervals start Saturday noon, with air raid sirens remaining for air raids only. Central alarm and simultaneous dispatch urged to ensure all companies hear alerts at once.
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City Hall
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Office of Civilian Defense
James W. Just
Bennett
OCD
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
The
Independents
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
W. Bartgis Storm
Uniteds
G. William Shipley
Citizens Truck Company
Sub-Zero In Midland Area
A cold wave pushed temperatures far below zero across northern midland states and into Missouri Kansas and Nebraska. Sub-zero readings continued in upper Midwest with Duluth Minnesota at 21 below zero Minneapolis 10 below Wisconsin and Iowa extremely cold. Chicago reported 4.5 above and New York failed to reach expected lows with 22 below or 22 above?
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Midland
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
Ilinois
Duluth
Minn
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Madison
Wis
Iowa
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Tennessee
Lake States
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Tex
Key West
Fla
Chicago
New York City
Fewer Christmas Baskets Planned by City Police
City police chief Fred M. Straley said donations and merchant pledges will fund this year's Christmas baskets, with the list likely under 100 due to improved employment. Names are collected at Police Headquarters and screened by Social Service Exchange to avoid duplication. Delivery remains on Christmas Eve, and OPA rules allow food gifts without ration stamps, though merchants must surrender stamps.
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Fred M. Straley
City Hall
Social Service Exchange
OPA
Point Breeze Plant Picketed By Strikers
In Baltimore on December 14 picket lines formed around Western Electric plants as the Point Breeze Employes Association strikes after the War Labor Board denied a demand for separate sanitary facilities for whites and blacks.
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Baltimore
Balltimore
Western Electric Company
Point Breeze Employes Association
War Labor Board
Christmas Program At State School Dec 15
Students at the Maryland State School for the Deaf present a Christmas program on Wednesday at seven. The show includes Tony’s Christmas playlet with a gift box for Tony, broadcasts by Red Cross workers, carols, a Polish two-step, a Russian dance, a Christmas message by Dr Ignatius Bjorke, and finishes with three carols and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Tony
Maryland
Red Cross
Ignatius Bjorke
Herald Angels
Bethlehem
Committee Votes To Freeze Security Taxes
Washington December 14 The Senate finance committee voted to freeze social security taxes through 1944 at the current 1 percent rate on employers and employees. Chungking December 14 Chinese troops recaptured Shishmen, an important town 40 miles northwest of Changteh, as other forces closed in on the highway junction on Lin 25 miles north of Changten, dispatches said.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Shishmen
Chungking
Changteh
Lin
Changten
Knox vows hard blows against Japs in Pacific drive
Secretary of the Navy Knox predicted imminent hard blows against Japan in the Pacific. He said the United States is strengthening, the preliminaries are over, and planning for decisive action is underway. He noted barges, sunk cruisers, and high enemy losses, with six to eight enemy planes down for every American plane.
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Washington
Knox
Pacific
United States
Navy
8th Crashes Nazi Defense in Italy Drive
Allied headquarters in Algiers said Indian troops breached German lines in the British Eighth Army sector in Italy, capturing prisoners as Canadians repelled Nazi armored attacks along the Adriatic. Fifth Army activity was light, with artillery duels in the Liri valley.
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Eighth Army
Italy
Adriatic
Fifth Army
Liri
10Th Army
Mignano
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Ortona
Eighth
Assessments Of Autos To Show Decline Of $600,000
County officials gathered figures showing real estate and personal property valuations rising by about 600000 dollars across eight districts reassessed for the 1944 levy. Personal property alone added 463440 dollars, with Frederick outside the city expected to push totals past 300000. Real estate valuations increased 149795 dollars in these districts. New construction this year totals around 94000 dollars and likely not much over 100000 due to government limits. The levy outlook suggests only a small base increase may be available to fund tax revenue, complicating rate maintenance.
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Miotor
Frederict
Frederick
Noday
Counts Commission
State Tax Commission
Goodman Boys Recovering After Fire At Klinehart Alley
William and Joseph Goodman six and nine year old colored boys seriously ill at Frederick City Hospital after nearly suffocating in a fire that burned their home in Klinehart's alley Sunday morning are reported today to be getting along satisfactorily.
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William and
Joseph Goodman
Frederick City Hospital
Klinehart's Alley
James W. Chapman 72 dies in Baltimore
James W. Chapman longtime State Bar Association secretary died last night in Baltimore after being moved to his daughter’s home in Poplar Hill. A Chester Town native, he studied at Washington College Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School and served as bar secretary since 1908 except 1930 when he was president. He leaves a son in the Coast Guard and was active in Masonic circles, once speaking in Frederick.
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College Park
Ifi
Levin B. Broughton
Arts and Sciences College
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Baltimore
Jamis W Chapman
State Bar Association
Poplar
Edward T. Ke
Chapman
Chestertown
Washington College
Dehns Hopkins University
University of Maryland Law School
Liewt SS. Vannort ,Chapman
The
Coast Guard
Acute coal shortage threatens 1944 supply outlook
The Office of War Information reports an acute coal shortage that could reach catastrophe if stocks cannot be replenished next summer. 1943 saw a progressive decline from 6,000,000 to about 60,000,000 tons, barely a month's supply by year end, with March forecasts far tighter. Distribution bottlenecks hit consumers hardest as shortages differ by region, while Europe-driven demand grows. Falkenhausen resigns Belgian command. Bra cken undergoes secret operation. Jaung klaus tipped as successor. Bracken's condition described as satisfactory.
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Office of War Information
OWL
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Britain
United States
Peter
Paul
Europe
England
Britain to Battle for Destruction of Japan
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden reported to the Commons on Teheran and Cairo conferences, claiming war will be shortened by agreed plans with Stalin and Churchill. He stressed postwar unity of Britain, the United States, and Soviet Russia, and forecast a quicker Axis defeat through coordinated military action. The stock market opened with irregular downward trends in New York trading.
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Dee
Anthony Eden
Commons
Stalin
Britain
Japan
Ile
Courchul
Roosevelt
Churchill
Eden
Teheran
Cairo
United States
China
Germany
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Curselves
Russia
America
Balkans
Josip Broz (Tito
Yugoslavia
Alles
Peter
Tito
Far Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
United Nations
Cherkasy Falls to Red Army in Kiev Bulge Battle
Berlin and Moscow reports confirm Cherkasy, a key Dnieper river port between Kremenchug and Kiev, has fallen to Soviet forces under Gen Nikolai Vatutin. The capture links Kremenchug bridgehead with Kiev flank, ending weeks of costly German defense.
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Bec
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Kremenchug
Kiev
Loday
Red
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Nikolai
Vatutin
Fritz von Mannstein
Landusa
Berlin
Nikolai Valttsin
Minsk
Gomel
Odessa
Black Sea
Red Army
Eleven Die In Bus Crash Near Painted Post
In Bath New York eleven war workers bound for the Inger soll Rand plant at Painted Post were killed when their bus collided with a trailer truck and burst into flames. At least eight others were injured, one critically. Coroner James J. Sanford said the bus carried about 20 passengers and that several bodies could not be identified due to burns. The crash occurred around 5:30 am one mile east of Campbell, 15 miles southeast of Bath.
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Bath
Ingersoll-Rand
Painted Post
James J. Sanford
Sanford
Campbell
Turkey United Nations comment echoed by Ulus radio
Ankara radio quotes Ulus asserting Turkey is in reality part of the United Nations and contributing to the global struggle. Funkhouser files candidacy for West Virginia governor amid GOP bid. Germany faces a severe flu and grippe epidemic per a neutral observer from Berlin.
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United Nation
London
Ankara Radio
Ulus Today
United Nations
Germany
Madrid
Britain
Berlin
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UPA
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